Receptacle or the like for conduits.



APPLICATION :FILED 00T. 26,1905.

G. A. LUTZ L C. G SHELBY. RBUBPTAGLE 0R THE LIKE ma CONDUITS.

' GEORGE A. LUTZ, or NEW vonk,

N. Y., AND CLARENCE C. SIBLEY, OF PERTH AMBOY,

` NEW JERSEY. v

RECPTACLE OR THE LIKE FOR CQNDUITS.

No. I917,325.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 6, 1909.

Application led October 26, 1905. Serial No. 284,569.

.'o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that We, GEORGE A. LUTz and CLARENCE C. SIBLEY, citizens of the United States, residing, respectively, in New York city, borough of' Brooklyn, New York, and.

l)erth Amboy, Middlesex county, New Jersey, have'invented certain new and useful Improvements in Conduits, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to improvements in means for supporting receptacles, rosettes,

lprovided With and similar devicesin connection with con-` duits for electric conductors, and the 'invention comprises the novel details of improvement and arrangements of parts that will be more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference isv to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein,

Figure l is an end view, partly broken, ofa receptacle mounted upon a conduit in accordance with this invention, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof, substantially on the line 2, 2, in Fig. l, Fig. 3 is a cross section substantially on the line 3, 3, in Fig. at, looking in the direction of the larrows, and Fig. 1 is an inverted plan view of the construction shown in Fig. 3.

Similar characters oi` reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

`The numeral l in the drawings indicates a conduit of the class having one side open and provided with opposed grooved portions or lprojections la, receiving a removable cover or covers 2, and the receptacle or the like that is mounted upon the conduit is shown coinprising a base 3 and a cap 4 which may generally be of Well known construction. The base 3 shown is ofthe class adapted to be mounted upon the conduit and the lcap d is a vgain or recess 4a opening through the bottom and opposite ends thereof, so that the side members 4b' of the. cap may straddle the conduit While the cap incloses the adjacent portions of the conduit vas Well as the base 3. The base may-be provided lwith suitablcelectric contacts indicated at a, b, and a'screw shell c for receiving a socket, lamp, Wires, etc. in any suitable manner. The means shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 for detachably securing the base 3 upon .the conduit l comprise a strap or bai 5, shown attached t`o the base by a screw, rod

Receptacles or the Like for i or the like 6, and adapted to extend transversely beneath the base and have its ends project into grooves 1'd oi the conduit.y

Then the base is to be fastened on the oon'- l lengthwise of the conduit and then after the base is placed upon the latter the member 6 is turned to cause the ends of the strip 5 to enter the grooves 1a of the conduit to hold the base in (place. The rod or screw 6 is shown provided with an angular portion (itL strip 5 and having the end upset at 6b whereby the strip 5 is iirnily held upon the base and Will turn with the rod 6, although the latter could be provided with threads meshing With corresponding threads in the part 5 if desired.

The cap or outer member 4' in Figs. 3 and 4 is shown held upon the conduit in a manner substantially similar to the means for holding the base thereon, the arrangement being as i'ollowsz-On the under side ofthe cap, as to its extensions 4b, are atto engage the grooved or extended portions on each side oi' the cap and thus on opposite and 4, and ior convenience the strips 7 are located in recesses '-l 'formed in the under side of the cap or in its extensions lb; The strips 7 ,are shown carried hjv rods, screws or the like 8 which niav have angular portions at S engaging correspoinling holes in the strips 7 and provided with heads Sb whereby the strips are iirmlj.' connected with said Then the cap 1s to he applied upon the conduit the strips 7 are turned into the recesses Llc, the cap is placed over the conduit, and then the strips 7 turned into the position shown in Fig. l to lie against the grooved portions l ol` the conduit, whereby the cap is maintained in position thereon.

Any suitable means muy he providei if desired, to hold the strips 7 i'roin turning awa;1 from engagement with the conduit l, such :is h): causing the screw 8 to draw the strips 5 or 7 iii-miv against thoronduit, but in the arrangements shown thi` hase- 3 and the rap l are provided with lugs or tests-9 duit the strip 5 is adjusted substantially rods S to be turned thereby, or said rods 8 may be 1n the i'orm oi screws Aor the like, meshing 1n threaded apertures in the strips 7.

entering a correspondingly shaped portion ot tached strips or iingers 7 that are adapted 1a Oi' conduit i, there beingone such strip 7 sides oi the conduit, asshown in Figs. 3

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'the parts 5 and T, the parts 9 and ll) being in such position as to mesh when the strip 5 is turned crossu'ise in the grooves la, as in Fig. l, or when the strips 7 are turned under the `grooved portions l a, as in Fig. 3, whereby vsaid strips areY kept from twisting out oi. place. s

The cap et at its ends is shown providedl with lugs i that project into'tliel conduit l in line with the covers 2 to limit the inward movement of the covers toward or into the cap.

The base 3 and ca` d ma be made of insulatmo material such as orcelam in which case by making the strips 5 and 7 oi' metal attached to such insulatingmaterial short circuiting oi such strips to the electrical connections will notv occur. I

virile the improvements herein are shown aiplied to the members ol a receptacle for electric ixtures, it will be understood that the saine vmay be used in connection with rosettes and other analogous devices to be detachably connected Withor mounted upon conduits generally, and this invention is not limited to the details oi construction and arrangements shown and described.

Having now described our invention what we claim is:

l. The combination oi a conduit, with a 'fitting VVlor electric connections, a strip, and a screw connecting the strip with the fitting to enable thestrip to engage the side walls of the conduit for holding,I the fitting thereto.

2. The combination of a conduit, with a base provided with electric httings, a strip engaging the sides oi the conduit, and means rotatively connecting the strip With the'base whereby the strip may be rotated to engage the conduit.

3. The combination 'of a conduit provided with grooves,`\vith a base provided with a movable member located between and adapted to engage the grooves oi' the conduit.

Al. The combination ol"l aconduit provided 'with grooves, a base havinga strip located between and adapted to engage the grooves ol the conduit, and means Vl'or holdingj` the strip upon he base for engagement with the conduit. I

5. The com einatio-n ol' a conduit provided with grooves, e base, a strip located. between and adapted to engage the-grooves oi' the conduit, and means connecting the strip with the base, whereby the strip may be held in cne'agenumtwith the grooves oi' the' 6. The combination of a conduit provided vth grooves, with a base, a strip located between and adapted to engage said grooves, means for movably connecting; the strip 'with the base, and means for locking the strip to the base.

7.. The combination of a conduit, with a base upon the conduit, a cap fitting'over the base and conduit, strips connected yWith the cap and engaging the side. Walls of` the -comiuit to hold the cap thereto, and screws connecting the lstrips With the cap.

'B The combination of a conduit, with a base upon the conduit, a cap iitting over the base and conduit, and strips adjustably carn ried by the cap and in holding engagement With the side Walls of' the conduit.

9. The combination of a conduit, with a cap, strips carried by the cap on opposite sides of and Without the conduit to engage the conduit on opposite sides, and screws connecting the strips With the cap.

10. The combination of a conduit, With a cap having a gain to receive the conduit and movable members carried by the cap on opposite sides of the gain and the conduit to engage the latter.

i1. The combination of a conduit provided with projecting,l portions, With a cap having strips on opposite sides of and With-- out the conduit lto engage said ortions of the conduit, and screws adjustab y connect ing the strips with the cap.

12. The combination of a .conduit provided With projecting portions, with a cap having a gain. to receive the conduit, strips carried by the cap toengage the projecting portions of the conduit, and screws connecting the strips with the cap.

13.' The combination of a conduit having bent portions, With a cap, strips carried b v the cap on opposite sides of and Without the conduit to engage the bent portions of the con'uit, and means connecting the strips with the cap for movably holding the strips thereto.

14. The combination of a conduit having` projecting portions, with. a cap, strips carried by the cap to engage the projecting portions of the conduit, means connecting the strips with the cap for movably holding` the strips thereto, and means for locking the strips to the cap.

l5. The combination of a conduit provided With projecting portions, with a cap having recesses on its under surface, and movable members held in said recesses` to engage the projecting portions ofthe conduit.

16. The combination of a conduit, with a base having a movable member to engage the conduit, and a cap over the base and having a movable member to engage the conduit.

17. The combinationof a conduit having bent portions, with a base provided with a movable member located between and adapted to engage the' bent portions of the conduit, and aicap over the base and having movable members to engage the bent portions of the conduit.

5.8. A cap for an electric ii'tting having ilo adjustable members on gam' to engage 20. A cap gain to receive 10 recesses on, its under s opposite sides of xthe the sidefwall's of a conduit.

for an electric tting having a a conduit and provided with urface, and movable 4 members carried in said'recesses arranged to proJect into the gam to engage a conduit ycombined with a conduit, to co-act, with said members. GEO.- A. U'lZ.

CLARE CE C. SBLEY.

i Witnesses:

. T. F. BOURNE,

Y M. HOLLINGSHEAD. 

